This plaster sculpture portrays a Lepcha woman who has been one of the most ancient and aboriginal tribes from Sikkim. Traditionally connected with nature and the Eastern Himalayas, the bust comprises a thick lip and hair parted face typical to the Lepcha people. The figure stands in mount over a round pedestal to lend an absolutely formal, museum-like appearance.
The Lepchas (meaning "children of snowy peaks"), also termed as the Rongkup, are the supposed first inhabitants of Sikkim; their language, Lepcha, is a Tibeto-Burman dialect. Their cultures are mainly nature-worshipping, animistic, or Buddhist, and their clothes, folklore, and rituals indicate a strong intimacy with the environment.It portrays an art photograph without a doubt, and at the same time, it also stands as an ethnographic record portraying physical appearances and culture identities of Lepcha women. Such artifacts are indeed useful for memorializing as well as glorifying the tribal diversity in India, particularly in the northeastern region.